The event was conceived, initiated and
called for by Texas
Governor Rick Perry. There will be no DVD sales, book sales,
CD sales,
T-Shirt sales, and no vendors...just water, fasting and
prayer.

Below are his remarks last week in Longview :

Governor Rick Perry
Transcribed speech
Longview , Texas
May 23, 2011

In 1977, I had left the Air Force and moved home. I’ll be
real honest
with you­I was a bit lost spiritually, and I really
didn’t know what I
wanted to do with my life. So I moved in with my mother and
father. Now
that’s a real trip! I had been an aircraft commander,
traveling all
around the world, seeing amazing places that a boy from
Paint Creek ,
Texas, had never even dreamed were out there before. I had
this great
epiphany during my mid twenties. As I had lived in Europe
and South
America and the Middle East , I saw all these different
countries with
different forms of government. I was actually paying
attention to the
dictatorships, theocracies, monarchies, democratic states,
etc. I started
making the connection between how those people lived and the
form of
government they had. It was most interesting for me, as I’d
never really
given that much attention to our form of government in
America . I’d
taken for granted this extraordinary country we live in, but
I came to
realize that America is really a special place. I also made
the
calculation that inside that really cool place was this
incredible place
called Texas!

At twenty-five, twenty-six years old, it dawned on me what
an incredible
country we live in, and that the vast majority of the people
take it for
granted. They abuse the privilege of living in a free
country. They don't
realize how so many other people live around the world. But
with that
knowledge, I went home and lived with my mom and dad. I
moved back into
my old room. At eighteen years old, I left to go to my
beloved Texas
A&M University . Nine years later, I came back into my
old room. I
swear to God, I know mother cleaned it, but it looked
exactly like it did
the day I left. It had my football number on the door, and
it had the
all-star football game program still stuck on the bulletin
board. It was
an eerie moment for me to move back home. My dad was pretty
sure I was
the same stupid eighteen-year-old that had left. I was
pretty sure he
hadn’t gotten any smarter either. So we went through this
really brutal
period of time of finding our comfort zone. But God was
dealing with me.
At twenty-seven years old, I knew that I’d been called to
the ministry.
I’ve just always been really stunned by how big a pulpit I
was gonna
have! I still am. I truly believe with all my heart that God
has put me
in this place at this time to do His will.

On Aug the 6th of this year, 2011, we are going to have a
day of prayer
and fasting. And it’s going to be the real deal. It’s not
going to be
some program where we line up a dozen political figures to
come in and
talk. It’s going to be people standing on that stage,
projecting and
proclaiming Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior at Reliant
Stadium in
Houston , Texas .. Let me tell you, that’s a big stadium and
there will
be a lot of people. But it’s going to send a powerful
message across this
country! Our country’s broke. Well, actually, Washington’s
broke; our
country’s going to be just fine. But we’ve got to have men
and women who
are willing to stand up to proclaim the values that this
country was
based upon.

In 1774, at the Continental Congress when they got together
and penned
that first document, they talked about “life” and “liberty.”
Interestingly, the third thing they talked about was
“property.” A couple
of years later, when they actually wrote the Declaration,
they changed
that “property” to “the pursuit of happiness.” I just signed
a piece of
legislation today, the immanent domain legislation. I tell
people, that
“personal property” and the ownership of that personal
property is
crucial to our way of life. Our founding fathers understood
that it was a
very important part of the pursuit of happiness. Being able
to own things
that are your own is one of the things that makes America
unique. But I
happen to think that it’s in jeopardy.

It’s in jeopardy because of taxes; it’s in jeopardy because
of
regulation; it’s in jeopardy because of a legal system
that’s run amuck.
And I think it’s time for us to just hand it over to God and
say, “God,
You’re going to have to fix this.” (I think it was Herman
Cain who stood
up the other day and said, “How’s that “Hope and Change”
thing working
out for you?”) I think it’s time for us to use our wisdom
and our
influence and really put it in God’s hands. That’s what I’m
going to do,
and I hope you’ll join me. I hope you’ll join us in Houston
on the 6th
day of August and really start a revival across this
country.

Here’s what I want to leave you with. I know from time to
time, people
will say something like, “There goes Perry. He wants to
secede.” But I
love this country. We’re a special place. We were created by
God-fearing
individuals who understood those biblical values and how
powerful they
could be and would be in the future. And I suggest that for
our country,
our best days are ahead if we’ll get on our knees and ask
God to take
over and give us wisdom. I may wear the Lord out every day
in prayer. I
pray for this country. I pray for restoration for this
country. I pray
for our president every day. I pray that God turns buckets
of wisdom out
on his head, that God will open his eyes. We can change this
country, but
it requires our giving it to Him and letting Him guide us.

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--"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who
believes".